… says $9bn needed to rebuild schools By Adesina Wahab Almost 700,000 students and over 25,000 educators have been displaced since the outbreak of the Russian/Ukrainian war, the World Bank has said. Also, over 2,000 education institutions have been damaged by bombing and shelling, and more than 200 of these have been completely destroyed.   World Bank […]

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Calabar zone, has said Nigerians blaming the union for the prolonged industrial action lacked knowledge about their real demands.

CONUA blasts ASUU over stance on IPPIS

By Chioma Onuegbu THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, Calabar zone, has said Nigerians blaming the union for the prolonged industrial action lacked knowledge about their real demands. The zonal Coordinator and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Dr. Aniekan Brown, spoke during an interview in Uyo, Akwa […]

On Friday 29th July 2022, the British Council in Nigeria in collaboration with the Cambridge University Press & Assessment recognizes the outstanding achievements of 110 students from 45 schools across Nigeria.

Breaking: ASUU extends strike by four weeks

 Stakeholders in the education sector in the North-East have said that continuous lowering of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) cut-off mark would encourage competition and educational development in the country. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary institutions of learning and other stakeholders on July 21, adopted 140 cut-off mark for […]

By Adesina Wahab The Registrar of the National Examinations Council, NECO, Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, has said some states in the federation are owing the body over N2 billion in examination fees and appealed to them to pay up for the body to have enough funds to prosecute its programmes. He stated this in Lagos at […]

By Dayo Johnson, Akure The President, Association of Medical Schools of Africa, Prof. Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa, has identified insecurity, population explosion and poverty as bane of health education in Nigeria. Olapade-Olaopa also listed inadequate finance, illiteracy and poor access as some other major factors responsible for the poor development of the health education in the country. […]

Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Saturday, declared that Old Students Associations must support government’s efforts in lifting the standards of education by giving back to their alma maters

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo GOVERNOR Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has threatened to sack the striking members of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of Kaduna State University, KASU, and declare their positions vacant if they refused to return to classrooms. The governor who spoke on a live radio programme yesterday night, among others, said: “ASUU […]

By Bashir Bello, Kano THE menace of hawking, especially by young girls, is a serious nightmare in many parts of the North and appears to have defied efforts to end it. It is a challenge that continues to stare the governors in the face as they explore measures to get such children back to school. […]

Motorparks, markets, touts, traders overwhelm reading space Govt aware of situation; responding to chaos —Librarian By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos MANY things have taken the shine off what used to define Plateau State and make it stand out as a destination of choice. One of them is the Plateau Library that used to provide a serene, […]

By Gabriel Ewepu AS residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, are now at the mercy of terrorists, Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, Thursday, expressed pain over closure of both public and private schools in Abuja. Speaking with Vanguard, the Convener, Concerned Nigerians, CN, Comrade Deji Adeyanju, said with the closure of both public and […]

Oyo Fed Poly to start academic activities September